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Species Conocephalus saltans - Prairie Meadow Katydid

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Crickets, Katydids)
Suborder Ensifera (Long-horned Orthoptera)
Infraorder Tettigoniidea (Katydids, Camel Crickets, and relatives)
Family Tettigoniidae (Katydids)
Subfamily Conocephalinae (Coneheads and Meadow Katydids)
Tribe Conocephalini (Meadow Katydids)
Genus Conocephalus (Lesser Meadow Katydids)
Species saltans (Prairie Meadow Katydid)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Conocephalus saltans (Scudder 1872)
Range
Montana eastward, more common in the prairie states and restricted to prairie remnant habitats in New England.
Internet References
Singing Insects of North America
OSF
Contributed by Jeffrey Cole on 27 December, 2007 - 2:43am
Additional contributions by metrioptera, Tyler Hedlund
Last updated 10 June, 2020 - 4:27pm

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